NHL Panthers Owner Cliff Viner has “decided not to keep a small piece” of the team, and all the minority owners are selling their stakes to former Nets investor Vincent Viola (MIAMI HERALD, 9/22).
The LPGA today is expected to announce that the '17 Solheim Cup “will be played at Des Moines Golf and Country Club” (GOLFCHANNEL.com, 9/19).
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway BOD this week will be presented a proposal on the “much-discussed IndyCar road race” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 9/19).
The September yearling sale at Keeneland racetrack finished Saturday with “sales numbers back to prerecession levels.” The jump in sale prices is “a long-awaited sign of recovery for an industry that depends on discretionary income” (WSJ.com, 9/22).
FILA yesterday announced “the wrestlers named to the new seven-member commission.” The organization had promised the IOC that “it would get athletes more involved in its decision making during its successful push” to remain on the Olympics roster (AP, 9/22).
A Rentschler Field-record crowd of 42,704 attended Saturday’s Michigan-UConn football game (Mult., 9/22).
More than 600 people gathered last night at Gampel Pavilion to pay tribute to former UConn men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun. The school announced that “the road running past Gampel Pavilion, Stadium Drive, would be renamed ‘Jim Calhoun Way’” (HARTFORD COURANT, 9/23).
